The attitude of Russians to the war in Syria ridiculed caricature ( The Siver Times )The Work Of Sergey Elkina. The famous cartoonist Sergei Elkin depicted a caricature of the perception of Russian society, the war in Syria, reports the Chronicle.info with reference to zik.ua. A cartoon posted on his Facebook blogger Alexander of Tver. âIt's fineâ â briefly commented on it a caricature.

04/13/2018 05:45

Daugavpils orders Russian trams ( International Railway Journal )The âŹ4.1m contract will be awarded to import agent Railvec, Latvia and the vehicles will be built by Transmashholding (TMH) subsidiary Tver Carriage Works (TVZ) to the type 71-911 City Star design developed by PK Transportnye Sistemy, Russia. The 16.4m-long single-section vehicles will be 2.5m ...

03/06/2018 15:25

Rally raiders begin expedition to Arctic peninsula ( TASS )The Tver Region's governmental press service says the expedition's participants drive four vehicles - two Russia-made off-road vehicles Shaman, one modified 'Russian Jeep' UAZ 4x4 off-road, and a specialized ATV. "About 3,500 kilometers of the route are along the public roads, and the off-road part ...

Russian Air Force Tests Il-76MD Transport Aircraft in Ground Attack Role ( Defenseworld.net )Crews of Il-76MD tactical transport aircraft practiced ground target bombing at ranges in the Tver region of Russia today. The piloting crews carried out firing at ground targets, which imitated light-armored and automobile hardware of the mock enemy. More than ten Il-76MD aircraft were involved with ...

02/10/2018 11:55

Members of Norwegian commission on Mi-8 crash to travel to Russia ( TASS )Deputy Director of Convers Avia Dmitry Zhelyazkov earlier told TASS that Norwegian experts would visit the city of Tver northwest of Moscow where the airline is based in February. A Mil Mi-8 helicopter of the Convers Avia airline, carrying eight people, went missing while on its way from the mothballed ...

01/30/2018 02:05

Putin Sells Russian Voters on Economic Turnaround, Even a Small One ( Wall Street Journal )TVER, RussiaâTwo years after a recession nearly wrecked a railcar factory here, President Vladimir Putin earlier this month reminded workers that it was his intervention that saved it. âYou had a tough period,â Mr. Putin told a group of them standing among gleaming carriages. âBut since last year ...

01/24/2018 02:15

Russia's presidential election campaign unfolds amid rising social discontent ( World Socialist Web Site )Vladimir Putin, who has long postured as an enemy of the oligarchs, kicked off his election campaign on January 10 by going to the Carriage Works in Tver, which employ some 35,000 workers. Although Russian GDP has grown a little in 2017 (by 1.7%), after a depression in 2014-2016, which was ...

01/13/2018 08:25

Kremlin tries to stir voters' interest in Putin's election campaign ( Financial Times )When Vladimir Putin asked the workers at the Tver Railcar Factory how work was going, he did not really expect an answer. Talking over muffled replies of âGood, thank youâ, the Russian president told the men in hard hats standing among half-finished carriages that their company had survived thanks to ...

01/12/2018 16:25

Halo Left in the Sky After Putin's Visit, Baffling Locals ( The Moscow Times )Russian social media users were left stumped by picturesque cloud formations left in the sky over a Russian city after a visit by President Vladimir Putin earlier in the day. Putin visited a rail car factory in the city of Tver on Wednesday as part of his first 2018 campaign stop. Speculation about the ...

01/11/2018 08:25

Kremlin entices voters with iPhones for best polling station selfies ( The Guardian )Putin is running as an independent candidate after distancing himself from the ruling United Russia party, which has been dogged in recent years by corruption scandals. He began his election campaign on Wednesday with a visit to a railway carriage factory in Tver, a city 110 miles from Moscow.

01/11/2018 08:25

Russian inflation at record low of 2.5 pct in 2017 ( Xinhua )Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) visits the Tver Carriage Works in Tver, Russia, on Jan. 10, 2018. Inflation in Russia hit a record low of 2.5 percent last year, the country's official statistics service Rosstat said Wednesday. The Russian economy is improving and the positive momentum continues, ...

TVZ delivers new coaches for Russian Post ( International Railway Journal )TRANSMASHHOLDING subsidiary Tver Carriage Works (TVZ) has completed the delivery of a batch of mail coaches for Russian Post, which is ...